Deutella caribensis Guerra-García, Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2006

Deutella caribensis Guerra-García, Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2006 View in CoL

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Deutella caribensis Guerra-García, Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2006: 161–164, figs 7, 8. View in CoL

Material examined.

Panama • 3.5 mm • 1 ♀; Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Drago ; 9.4134°N, 82.3334°W; depth 1–3 m, among coral rubble, 23 June 2023; K. N. White leg.; USNM 1743942 About USNM GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Head with paired dorsal projections. Body without lateral projections; pereonites 2–4 with dorsal projections. Pereopods 3 and 4 uni-articulate. Pereopod 5 longer than pereonite 5.

Distribution.

Colombia: Bahía Concha ( Guerra-García et al. 2006); Panama: Bocas del Toro (present study).

Ecology and remarks.

This species occurs among algae and coral rubble at depths of 1–3 m. Panamanian specimens agree closely with the original description of this species. This is the first record of this species since the original description suggesting that the range of this species is much larger than previously known. Live specimens are yellow-brown in color with a red eye.